Board of Trustees Manual

B) A majority vote at a meeting of the Student Voting Membership. (Such a meeting canbe handled electronically.) Section 4 The Vice President shall proceed over all cases of censure or removal of an Officer. In thecase of the censure or removal of the Vice President, the President shall proceed over the censureor removal. Section 5 If an SGA Officer fails to meet the qualifications in Article V, he/she shall be immediately removed from his/her office. Article X: Amendments Section 1 Any Student Organization Voting or Officer Voting Member may propose an amendment to the Constitution by presenting the proposed amendment in writing to the SGA during a regular meeting. Any Student Voting Member present to the SGA at a regular meeting a petition of signatures of 15 Active Students for the purpose of amending the Constitution. Student Organization Voting Members may only propose amendments which relate to Student Organizations; Student Voting Members may only propose amendments which relate to students as a whole. Section 2 A proposed amendment shall be allowed to rest for no longer than one week during which time the amendment shall be posted for campus notice. One week after posting (or the next weekday on which the College is open and classes held), a vote shall take place on the proposed amendment. Such a vote may be electronic; otherwise, the vote is to be taken by way of special meeting as called upon by the President. The voting period shall last one week (or the next weekday on which the College is open and classes held), after which time the votes shall be tallied by the Executive Committee. Section 3 Amendments proposed by the Student Voting Membership shall be voted on by those with Student Voting Membership, and shall pass by a two- thirds (⅔) affirmative vote of those Active Students who voted, of which there must be at least 15. Amendments proposed by a Student Organization Voting Member shall be voted on by those with Student Organization Voting Membership and those with Officer Voting Membership, and shall pass by a majority 50% plus one (1) person affirmative vote. Amendments proposed by an Officer shall be voted on by those with Student Organization Voting Membership and those with Officer Voting Membership, and shall pass by a majority 50% plus one (1) person affirmative vote. All amendments shall be ratified by a three-fourths (¾) affirmative vote of the Officers.

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